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FALL/WINTER 2016 NEWSLETTER

  • ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: David Washington

    April 13, 2017

    ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: David Washington

    David Washington ’09 graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in 2009. He then served as a Youth Development Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Honduras, where he lived in a small town called San Juancito, situated high ...

  • FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Andréa Ferreira

    April 13, 2017

    FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: Andréa Ferreira

    Andréa Ferreira is SPS’s newest faculty hire. She joins our department as a lecturer in Portuguese, in charge of teaching language and culture classes and developing courses for our soon-to-be-created Certificate in Portuguese for the Professions.

  • PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: UF in Cuzco – Service Learning for the Health Professions

    April 13, 2017

    PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT: UF in Cuzco  – Service Learning for the Health Professions

    Last summer the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Biology co-sponsored a six-week study abroad program in Cuzco, Peru. The 16 students who participated in the inaugural offering of the program took two courses taught by UF faculty:  “Spanish ...

  • STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Valerie Jepson

    April 13, 2017

    Although Valerie Jepson had known from an early age that she desired to travel and to “explore the wonders of the world,” it was not until she was halfway through her Bachelor’s degree in Math that she was introduced to ...

  • IN MEMORIAM: Whitney Koonce

    April 13, 2017

    IN MEMORIAM: Whitney Koonce

    Whitney Koonce, who completed her MA in Hispanic Linguistics with us in 2015, was killed in a car accident in June of 2016. We were all saddened to learn of her tragic passing. Everyone who worked with her, students and ...